A multicentury perspective on the summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO) and drought in the eastern Atlantic region

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 415-425

  Linderholm, Hans W ^a   Folland, Chris K ^b   Walther, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European and African drought; Palaeoclimate; Summer NAO

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69949153136     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1261     Document Type: Article

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